Describing Wordsfor Footsteps

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Here are some adjectives for footsteps: swift but heavy, stealthy, imaginary, heavy but peculiar, thy plainer, loud, positive, hesitantly distinctive, regular, thoughtful, deliberately terrifying, soft unheard, stealthy, heavy, hard fast-moving, distinct and domestic, far-off gigantic, noiseless and joyless, tiny scratchy, quick, feathery, soft and nearly silent, probably inquisitive, footsteps-real, airy and harmonious, needlessly careful, soft and surreptitious, sudden bipedal, brisk, muffled, fast decisive, brisk human, rapid and resounding, equally hesitant, rapid, cautious, wretched thy. You can get the definitions of these footsteps adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to footsteps (and find more here).

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Words to Describe footsteps

Below is a list of describing words for footsteps. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe footsteps:

swift but heavy stealthy, imaginary heavy but peculiar thy plainer loud, positive hesitantly distinctive regular, thoughtful deliberately terrifying soft unheard stealthy, heavy hard fast-moving distinct and domestic far-off gigantic noiseless and joyless tiny scratchy quick, feathery soft and nearly silent probably inquisitive footsteps-real airy and harmonious needlessly careful soft and surreptitious sudden bipedal brisk, muffled fast decisive
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brisk human rapid and resounding equally hesitant rapid, cautious wretched thy later strange queer--indefinably queer strident, energetic noiseless mental distant but watchful soon hasty slow and noiseless new, hasty sorrowful or weary rapid, lumbering indecisive tottering quick, naked heavy unknown heavy crazy heavy and familiar overhead, distant silent, inexorable presently listless free and sure eventually slow faint, careful splintered brisk cereal, heavy unsteady, childish open, uneven presently numerous gigantic, blood-stained horrible stealthy intermittent, careful irregular clumsy blind and lumbering noiseless and unhurried unsteady short innumerable lazy presently brisk muffled and stealthy immediately tottering eager, dubious hasty and ponderous rasping, uncertain frequent boyish presently stealthy gentle, restless wet and glorious distinctly stealthy heavy squashy portal soft unheeded thy faint, padded countless martial overhead rapid gentle but invincible swift buoyant heavy and unmistakably human conscious, swift heavy and distant undisguised, unhurried innumerable swift gay, quick suddenly stealthy slow hushed tiny, laborious presently quick bare cautious noiseless, trackless ostentatiously heavy loyal, prudent hasty and silent bold and cautious muffled, stealthy relentless, incorruptible little, furtive nice muddy swift, buoyant always clear and distinct rapid and stealthy heavy quick graceful metal seldom human merely rhythmic rapid and uneasy soft rapid open and soft soft cat-like rapid human mere mammoth stealthy, horrible tentative, stealthy other, rapid graver and slower soft, unheard familiar and masterful muffled incoming noisy martial numerous and busy heavy uncertain strong gritty brisk energetic sharp, rhythmic crisp, strong crisp, unmistakable faint and wary open and then hesitant quiet, characteristic rapid, multiple crisp, authoritative soft, evasive dainty well-known careful, quiet boldest, bravest angry, heavy thy noiseless footsteps�real soft, surreptitious cautious human sharp careless louder, soft quick bare slightly clunky regular, cautious fresh, bare solid, intentioned apparently phantom later gentle surprisingly loud and heavy helplessly regular loud and slightly uneven purposefully quick needlessly rapid lightest and most anxious overhead and endless continuously overhead and endless continuously overhead quick but stealthy dear memorial weary but stubborn stealthy nervous uneven and reluctant presently heavy faint, feline careful, soft quiet well-trained stealthy padded presently hasty presently slow rapid and disordered slow one-sided cautious, uncertain now noiseless unscrupulous, ambitious heavy, jerky quiet, reluctant last stealthy quick, resonant thy slippery quiet but heavy afterwards heavy confident, fearless haunting thy hasty, curious soft, irresolute quick and noiseless regular monotonous quick, heavy heavy, uneven soft, cautious open and heavy immediately heavy quiet, rapid soft, cat-like thine enchanting quick, familiar brisk, decisive heavy, deliberate soft, sure absolutely noiseless rapid but cautious quick heavy hasty, decisive spotlessly clean and neat quick, evasive dainty, nervous well-known heavy innocent and fearless soft and muffled curiously feline innumerable naked loud noisy thy blithe now brisk slow, tottering sweet uncertain slow and tottering own reverent heavy, quick slow uncertain heavy, rapid thy reckless own hesitant more padded smooth, deliberate soon heavy presently soft few hesitant own hollow quick, uneven own muffled soft, uneven distant mammoth single, confident quick, scratchy familiar impatient heavy resounding able heavy distinct, heavy own gritty always adventurous heavy and ominous brisk, happy solid, human furtive, stealthy soft, unhurried slow, oncoming oddly rhythmic loud, honest shaky, uneven footsteps-normal footsteps-normal, human-sounding quick, rasping short uneven steady, unflagging low other suddenly noisy heavy and regular strange, tentative soft, fairy empty and uncertain last laggard own uneven rapid, restless already human later sharp many slippery last hushed suddenly quick soft and alien quick, persistent swift, stealthy weak and tottering sharp, brisk soft, stealthy stealthy steady heavy slow, uncertain slow, weary rapid, stealthy steady, purposeful elastic young thy martial slow, feeble slow, leaden regular and heavy soft, catlike swift but silent heavy, careless slow, stealthy sudden, impetuous sane and happy quick, smart slow and stealthy soft thy impossibly heavy sudden, hasty soft uneven slow hesitant soft deliberate soft, tiny few hushed last, vague steady, ponderous quiet, furtive slow, uneven heavy, arrogant soft, random flat and heavy heavy, mechanical later additional quick, unsteady magically quick sharp and irregular open and little stealthy, furtive little and large quick, hasty slow stealthy hasty, heavy quick and heavy distant and solitary weary, listless almost stealthy slow and wary rather cautious swift stealthy heavy and slow faint and muffled weak and staggering soon soft familiar heavy queer, quick direct thy quick, urgent own cautious silent, quick gentle, unhurried never human unmistakable heavy slow and unsteady own unequal heavy, comfortable heavy, laborious crisp, quick odd, tottering soft but steady soft, scratchy stronger, little rapid stealthy heavy swift resolute and energetic eager, aimless quick and restless soft, reverent quick, soft soft, rapid terrible, silent last hard oddly muffled same masculine swift and eager hasty, impetuous slow, heavy single, quiet strangely soft more furtive swift silent again heavy slow, blind sharp, deliberate regular, unhurried long, stealthy later heavy heavy and rapid soft but heavy quick, noiseless slow, sinister suddenly uncertain heavy, slow short swift deep, resounding soft, swift soft, hushed quick, irregular slow, cautious heavy, ponderous thy fairy quick, solid stealthy, cautious metal, heavy slow, unhurried slow, painstaking inevitable heavy gentle, precise deep thy swift and noiseless strong, eager calm and solemn slow heavy brief interval slow and ponderous heavy masculine uncommonly heavy heavily muffled simple but sublime many cheerful brisk, business-like soft, muffled noiseless slow, deliberate strange, uneven little high-heeled less martial dainty fairy quick and stealthy quick impatient thy perilous own benighted eager, joyous slow soft quick, smooth other and lighter sometimes heavy distinctly audible unmistakably human sure and rapid curiously uneven quick soft quick, purposeful loud, urgent goddam stupid thine airy slow, unwilling own vigorous many and heavy unhurried soft, timid quick short thine evil occasional lone still visible impatient, angry heavy, ominous quick, resolute glad eager fewer human same noiseless slow and regular own weary soft, faint quiet, neat quick, secret heavy, angry swift, decisive curiously quiet tottering soft, steady rapid dead, heavy thy tranquil swift, noiseless slow, regular quick, stealthy own, other massive metallic loud, rapid academic and literary still feeble monotonous little own faint slow, reluctant quick decisive thy airy strange, uncanny slow and heavy hasty short, easy slow, irregular quick, rapid swift and secret soft, heavy quick hard muffled slow and cautious tiny soft hesitant quiet, stealthy loud, heavy soft, quick still audible soft quick own hasty thy willing nearly silent cautious steady, regular soft, slow usual hearty soft, hesitant calm, slow slow, short own impatient soft slow natural or supernatural many joyous rapid little stumbling steady, slow always clear almost anxious thy lone unsteady slow deliberate swift, silent also heavy heavy pelting soft, delicate sharp, rapid brisk, efficient slow careful such unerring somewhat uncertain quick and eager quick, nervous familiar soft slow, silent quick, energetic heavy, lumbering hushed lingering small, uncertain more stealthy now heavy heavy, weary more elastic low guttural slow and majestic excessively thin almost noiseless slow, dull quick faint, distant short, swift flagging last quick surprisingly loud slow painful soft, padded slow same deliberate last thy less heavy many heavy many faint slightly uneven deep, solemn somewhat rapid last heavy quick, impetuous quick, impatient unusually heavy last feeble uneven unusually quick heavy, heavy slow, sensual jackbooted uncertain heavy and clumsy more metallic last slow many recent slow, steady few heavy faint but definite high-heeled own careful few mere short quick big, flat shod fast-approaching more loud hard, angry world-weary unattended swift and silent thy dear quick, eager spotlessly clean swift brisk unguided unheard furtive countless little few rapid soft such harmless scarcely audible half-reluctant human-sounding seignorial slow, careful gridded other urgent more quick aethereal same quick such illustrious single heavy soft heavy slow and steady somewhat heavy own illustrious own soft lightest almost feverish such dear cat-like quick, short strangely familiar thy happy thunderous little childish almost inaudible slow and solemn quick, angry staggering heavy, solid almost silent timorous weary more rapid such rapid more welcome slow and painful same weary irresolute slow but steady rhythmical purposeful last clear heavily weighted own sacred ancestral padded more heavy many soft unambiguous several heavy heavy metallic other regular ponderous rhythmic resounding woozy other and larger many angry interval almost savage rather weak phantasmal reverent deliberate gouty quick little more thy lonely quick nervous laggard tumbling slow, soft other and different thy royal inaudible incautious few actual own weak aimless rather heavy lumbering heavy, clumsy wayward listless thy former percival plainer large, heavy rather harsh unconcerned antic own former eager distant fairy soft, wet squashy heavier earthshaking quiet loud careful longed-for thy glorious urgent catlike pedestrian own quick scratchy barely audible more and better trackless fleetest intentioned many notable more angry somewhat awkward elastic wary such huge reluctant vagrant buoyant phosphorous little short hallucinatory quick, sharp nerveless impatient phosphorescent foul jerky feeble errant certain mysterious lightning-quick oncoming now familiar wide, shallow unblushing human leaden audible heavy metal bipedal onrushing atonal joyless eager young silent tardy tentative faint steady brisker little delicate devious martial short, quick wide, deep polluted decisive infirm fast-moving unwary blood-stained more considerable careless clunky directionless investigative frantic tight little irregular softer clumsy airy restless more cautious torrential languid heedless bloody hollow lighter erratic sure and certain unceasing timid unaided opportune heavenward few stray sooty long dead unflagging unexplainable insubordinate steadier more familiar soggy firmer countless childish righteous own tiny hostile unsure cereal familiar unequal viewless nocturnal more certain rasping steadfast slipshod illustrious faintest paternal unerring well-known angry unmistakable decorous uncounted impetuous sonorous few quick booming incorruptible solitary ominous joyful surreptitious well-balanced mysterious overhead half-forgotten fearless sneaky impious willing wet punctual rapid-fire noisy jaunty homesick fleeting queer little damp lone spiritless solemn gentle bravest recent missing multiple toilsome unprepared tell-tale funereal joyous strident foggy recurrent painstaking gigantic boldest gritty telltale phantom worshipful unaccustomed unfamiliar elephantine therapeutic flighty relentless muddy haunting precarious disembodied indistinct belated guilty feathery momentary prehistoric uneasy slower ill-timed inadvertent boyish fearful softest ghoulish few more distinctive welcome inquisitive infrequent business-like docile slippery malignant lithe anxious resonant intoxicated monotonous strange regular purposeless unexplained lost disordered feline distinguishable venturesome circumspect silky intrusive dainty little well-worn fresher youthful profane evasive

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Words to Describe footsteps

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "footsteps" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "footsteps" are: swift but heavy, stealthy, imaginary, heavy but peculiar, thy plainer, and loud, positive. There are 935 other words to describe footsteps listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe footsteps suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "footsteps" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many footsteps adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is footsteps?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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